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This unit will help you develop clinical competence to a national standard enabling you to undertake the role of a theatre practitioner with the ability to co-ordinate safe and competent care for anaesthetic patients.

Learning will be both practical and theory based, including mentor supervision and guidance, lectures and seminars. There will be an emphasis on the transferability of professional skills and lifelong learning and evidence-based practice.

This unit is available at Level 6.

Key information

Next start date:

April 2018

Location:

Bournemouth University, Lansdowne Campus

Duration:

6 days

Entry requirements:

For nurses, midwives and ODPs working in a theatre environment to update their professional knowledge and skills.

Fees

Continuing Professional Development in the School of Health & Social Care

Course details

You will enhance your practical skills throughout this course, as well as study the latest theory and research behind anaesthesia and the care of anaesthetic patients.

This unit requires approximately 200 hours to complete which will include lectures, seminars, virtual learning and self-managed learning. In addition to the taught sessions (approximately 30 hours), you will spend a minimum of 130 hours engaged in direct practice in your own clinical area, where you will be allocated a clinical supervisor.

You will also be required to undertake further study to complete the learning outcomes of the unit and assessment which is the equivalence of approximately 40 hours, and you should negotiate this additional student-managed time on a personal basis with your line manager.

Assessment

During this unit, you will be assessed in practice and by practice-based coursework.

Course dates

16, 23 & 30 April 2018, 11, 18 & 25 June 2018.

Entry requirements

Normally students may enter Level 6 study if they have been awarded:

An Advanced Diploma, HND, Dip HE or Foundation Degree (awarded by a UK HEI or Edexcel or SQA)

An equivalent qualification (the learning outcome of which are demonstrably appropriate in terms of knowledge, understanding and skills) equivalent to 120 credits at Level 5.

If you do not meet this criteria you are still able to apply for this unit but we may ask you to complete a study skills handbook to familiarise yourself with academic writing at Masters degree level. The study skills handbook will be sent to you when we have received your application form.

International entry requirements

If English is not your first language, you will need to provide evidence that you can understand English to a satisfactory level. English language requirements, for this course are normally:

IELTS (Academic) 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component or equivalent.

You can also find further details of the international qualifications we accept, and what level of study they apply to, on our international entry requirements page.

If you have alternative evidence of English language proficiency (e.g. you have a different English language qualification, you received the majority of your education through the medium of English, or you have a degree in English language/literature), please indicate this on your application form.

Fees and funding

Fees for 2018/19 are: £825

For individuals

You will need to pay or indicate employer support of payment for unit or course fees to the university.

Applicants working within the NHS or other healthcare providers may be eligible for support with funding from their employer through the Learning Beyond Registration contract with the NHS South of England.

Applicants should contact their employing organisation for further details.

Information if you're self-funding

If you are funding the course or unit yourself or your employer is sponsoring you outside a contractual agreement, you will need to apply directly to the university.

Once you have been accepted onto a unit or course, you will be sent a payment form which must be completed and returned on or before enrolment. The form requires that payment be made in one of three ways:

By cheque for the full amount made payable to ‘Bournemouth University’

By giving details of a credit or debit card

By invoice to your employer or other sponsoring organisation.

Full details of the invoicing address and the name, signature and position of an authorised person must be provided. Please note that invoices cannot be raised for you if you are paying the fees.

It is possible for you to pay your fees in installments and fees must be paid either by credit or debit card.

For employers

Pre-purchased places

The Faculty of Health & Social Sciences has contractual arrangements with NHS organisations for pre-paid places on specified modules including NHS South of England. If you work within Dorset & Somerset or Hampshire & Isle of Wight you may be able to access the pre-paid places. These arrangements allow NHS Trusts to nominate the staff they wish to send on each unit or course.

The pre-arranged agreements allow individuals, such as yourself, a route to access appropriate professional development opportunities that are seen as strategically important to your organisation (in consultation with your Line Manager/Education Co-ordinator). Applications for these places are dealt with through your Line Manager/Education Co-ordinator and they will arrange for you to complete the relevant paperwork and application form. All application forms for pre-paid places must be signed by your organisation’s Education Lead.

Discounts

Our CPD unit fees have already been discounted based on our Employers’ Scholarship Scheme, as such these units are not eligible for the Early payment discount and BU graduate discount.

How to apply

In the first instance you should talk to your Line Manager/Education Co-ordinator to understand if there are any contractual arrangements in place and whether your chosen course or unit of study can be funded via this route.

You can download an application form by clicking on the ‘apply now’ icon above. Simply fill it in and return it to us.

Career development

We have a range of individual units at Levels 5, 6 and 7 available which you can choose from to develop your skills in a specific area of practice. If you take further units of study you can begin to build your own qualification and gain an academic award for your work, depending on your level of study this may be:

Graduate Certificate/Graduate Diploma Professional Practice (level 5/6)- If you have an honours degree and wish to expand your sphere of professional practice without moving to Master's level study you can choose study 40 credits to gain a Graduate Certificate or 80 credits to gain a Graduate Diploma

MA Advanced Practice (level 7)- If you have an honours degree and are aspiring to be an advanced practitioner, this route enables you to work towards a Master's degree award. Depending on how many level 7 units you complete, you can exit with a Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Practice; see the course diagram for more information.

These options provide a flexible route to gaining a Bachelors or Master's degree by studying in more manageable ‘bite-sized’ chunks.